Variax MAGS too hot via USB7/8 for Helix Native?

[bc05]

Hey guys

 

I have solved for the most part the best practice for tracking a quality DI through Helix Floor for later reamping with the Helix Native plugin which is AWESOME.

 

However, when I set the USB 7 and 8 to track the Variax Modelled guitars (Lester, Spank etc) via VDI Cable (NOT the 1/4 inch regular guitar input) the levels are fine and duplicate the levels I see when tracking a blank patch (ie NO Helix processing) on USB 1 and 2 - but when set to Variax Magnetics (ie the raw real humbuckers - not the digital guitar models) the level is too hot for the plug in IE: the "input" meter is hitting above the optimum range of maximum -12db when set to 0.

 

In theory this is how hot the Mags hit the Helix Floor processing so I'm confused as to why there would be a discrepancy?

 

Any thoughts?

 

BTW Im tracking a stereo DI as this seems to be the best way to duplicate what is happening in the Helix Floor inside the plugin version.

 

Cheers

 

[adamqlw]

BTW Im tracking a stereo DI as this seems to be the best way to duplicate what is happening in the Helix Floor inside the plugin version.

 

Camping for replies. This is exactly the same issue being discussed here (http://line6.com/support/topic/29135-setting-input-levels/) i.e. how do we calibrate input levels so what's happening in the plugin version is the same as what's happening in the Helix Floor.